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Group 1 metals

You will be assessed on your ability to:

2.6 describe the reactions of these elements with water and understand that the reactions provide a basis for their recognition as a family of elements
2.7 describe the relative reactivities of the elements in Group 1
2.8 explain the relative reactivities of the elements in Group 1 in terms of distance between the outer electrons and the nucleus

Section notes

LAST EXAM 2018



FIRST EXAM 2019

Pages in textbook

Chapter 12 page 99.

Investigations

Resources

Video clips

Watch this video to see rubidium and caesium react with water


Some say that the above film clip is a fake: http://theodoregray.com/periodictable/AlkaliBangs/index.html
Another animation on sodium and water: this a list of quite a few experiments, one of which involves sodium: sodium and water
caesium and fluorine reacting

Worksheets


Power point presentation